Third person POV
Prince of Wales : Vestal give me a sitrep on Kartoffel's new........ship.
Vestal : the manjuu's have searched every inch of the ship to only find no siren technology, however we have found a strange form of Anti-air weaponry.
Prince of Wales : explain please.
Vestal brings up photos of the turrets.
Vestal : the weapon has 6 barrels, all of them being 20mm in caliber. The top of it seems to have it's own targeting system built on it.
Prince of Wales : interesting, have you tested the weapon itself?
Vestal : we haven't gotten the chance, the weapon needs to be powered before we can test it, sadly the engine is deactivated right now and we won't be able to activate it until Kartoffel wakes up.
Prince of Wales sighs to herself before asking Vestal to continue.
Vestal : Kartoffel's weapons have a variety of different weapons from different origins. The main batteries are Iris Libre, the range finders are Ironblood and the scondary batteries are Iris Libre.
Vestal then brings out photos of the french bofors.
Vestal : these guns are Eagle Union 40mm bofors, however the tech inside the turret seems to be Iris Libre in origin.
Prince of Wales : *sigh* this is simply becoming stranger by the minute, the design of her super structure is strange, the weapons are a mixture of everything and the design of her hull is....... Unique to say the least. It's like as if a child built a ship barely knowing what goes where.
Prince of Wales thought to herself for a few minutes before turning to Vestal.
Prince of Wales : we'll, need someone to keep on eye on Kartoffel in case she does anything suspicious.
Vestal : i think someone's alread on that, Cleveland's decided to take care of her as a means of redemption.
Prince of Wales : i see, then in that case there isn't anything to worried about for now.
Right after Prince of Wales had finished, a shipgirl opens the door into the room to inform her of the transport vehicle that arrived. Prince of Wales nods her head and gets up, heading towards the door she gave one last question to Vestal.
Prince of Wales : is her hair soft?
Vestal : yes- W-Wait you were watching!?
Prince of Wales : but of course, she is new around here after all.
With a chuckle the Royal Navy shipgirl leaves the room, Vestal rubbed her face being a little bit embarassed about being found petting the new girl.
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Kartoffel's eyes fluttered opened as she woke up, yawning a bit she tried to stretch her arms only to wince in pain when she tried to stretch her left arm. Looking at the bandaged arm she sighed and layed back down.
The door to the room opens as Vestal comes back inside, she turned her head towards Kartoffel and looked shocked.
Vestal : you should have woken up tomorrow, then again you are a strange case anyway.
Kartoffel : what time is it?....
Vestal : 11 pm, just about time for lunch.
Kartoffel makes an "oooh" sound, but doesn't get up.
Vestal : hm, i'll bring your lunch for you-
The door into the room was barged open, a pile of girls laided on top of each other groaning. One of them, Cleveland, happened to be at the bottom of the pile holding up a lunch box.
Cleveland : *muffled* i brought her lunch!
The girls started to climb off each other, rubbing a certain part of their body, likely having a little bruise. Cleveland gets off the ground and hands Kartoffel her lunch before brushing the dust if her clothes.
Cleveland : i brought a nice big cheese burger since you were stuck here for a while!
Kartoffel : th-thank you......
Columbia : she's so cute!
Montpelier : uhm *nods*
Denver : so we're looking after her too!?
Cleveland could only chuckle at her sisters behavior, she'll admit that Kartoffel was quite cute for a....... Currently battleship. Cleveland looks back at Kartoffel to see her eating the cheese burger a bit quickly.
Cleveland : hey now, no need to eat it too quickly, you might choke!
Vestal : as a doctor i would recommend taking it slowly, and to eat more healthy food after this.
Kartoffel : i mean..... You did take me to help Enterprise before i could eat......
Cleveland : ah- haha...... M-my bad.....
Columbia : well~ consider this as a gift!
In columbia's hand was another lunch box, however instead of a burger it was 2 sandwiches and a pack of fries. She places them on the table not too far from the bed so that Kartoffel to reach it.
Columbia : as your temporary big sister! This is a gift from me, free of charge!
Columbia looked incredibly smug at being the "big sister" for Kartoffel, while the little girl herself felt a little bit embarassed about this whole situation.
Kartoffel : b-big sister?
Cleveland : well you see, we've all been placed as your caretakers by Prince of Wales, so you can think of us as your sisters, okay? It makes it all easier to take in.
Kartoffel nodded her head but quickly went back to eating her food. This was her first meal after all.
The cleveland class cruisers grouped up together and started to debate on what to do. Columbia recommended taking Kartoffel on a sight seeing trip, Montpelier agreed with Columbia. Denver however was writing down a chart of foods that Kartoffel should try out.
Cleveland : how about we take her sight seeing and get her food along the way!
Her other sisters soon agreed with her, they all then shift their focus back to Kartoffel to see her eating the sandwiches along with the fries. Kartoffel looked at them with her head tilted to the side.
Vestal : before you girls drag Kartoffel out the room, remember that she has an injured left arm so avoid touch the injury. Capiche?
Cleveland class sisters : yes ma'am!
Vestal : good, now i have to go and deal with the other injured personnel, take care now girls.
Vestal makes her way out the door and heads down the halls holding up a clipboard labeled with several names. Kartoffel slowly gets off the bed whilst eating the sandwich, Cleveland then gives Kartoffel a piggyback ride for convenience.
The five of them then leave the hospital and start their small tour around the island, the first destination being the giant golden anchor.
Columbia : see that building behind the anchor? It's currently our "school" right now since the fox sisters had bombed our previous school building.
Kartoffel : oh, is it fun?
Columbia : it's mostly tactics and maneuvers such as dodging.
Kartoffel : so ship tactics but for humans?
Denver : yea pretty much, although it doesn't seem like much we actually also practise them using fake rounds and shooting each other!
Kartoffel : oooh, so it's a massive paint ball fight?
Montpelier thought about it for a few seconds before nodding at Kartoffel's description, confirming her guess. After looking at the building for a little bit longer they made their way towards the market that still had a few craters scattered about.
A few manjuus seemed to be lifting a bomb that hadn't detonated, however one of the birds had slipped causing the bomb to roughly land on the floor. Everyone quickly hit the deck and waited for a explosion.
After a minute of waiting everyone cautiously got upand left the area.
Denver : that was a bit close aye?
*BOOOOM*.
Behind them was a small plume of smoke, however a piece of debris seemed to be headed for them, Montpelier quickly got in front of them and took the hit. Once the smoke from the "debris" had cleared they could see a Manjuu covered in soot with dizzy eyes in Montpelier hand.
Montpelier : hm..... Unlucky.
Gently placing the manjuu on the ground, they left the area and went to a pizza restaurant to order a few pizzas.
Kartoffel : how do you guys not get scared of the explosions?
Cleveland : oh, you get used to it when every single siren seems to love explosives.
Her sisters agreed with her, causing Kartoffel to have a depressed aura around her.
Kartoffel : so sooner or later i'll have to fight people with enough explosives to level a mountain?
Cleveland :....... Maaaybe?
Kartoffel :.... I'm so dead......
Cleveland : now isn't the time to be thinkin' about all this despressing stuff, we have a pizza to eat! So cheer up will ya?
Kartoffel :..... Okay....
Cleveland could only give an apologetic smile to Kartoffel, however she soon went back to waiting for her pizza.
Denver : so Kartoffel, how much armor do you have anyway?
Kartoffel's POV
'hey system, how much armor do i have now?'
[opening up the panel now host.]
[host's ship is a light battleship, it was built for long range, high speed fights. Your max speed is 36.4 knots.]
'Hmm, the thickest section of my armor seems to be my super structure.'
[that is mostly as a means of protecting the vital pieces of equipment inside, sonar, radar, fire control, early warning systems you name it.]
'Is there a system to predict the direction of enemy fire?'
[yes there is, however it will prove to be useless should they get too close to dodge.]
'oh, nic-'
Denver : helloo? Denver to Kartoffel, over?
Kartoffel : oh sorry, my armor ranges from 34mm to 250mm. My bow and stern are mostly 34mm, however the deck is 100mm. The mid section of my hull is 145mm whilst my citadel and super structure is 250mm thick.
Cleveland : that's...... A bit light for a battleship.
Kartoffel : you can think of me as a pocket battleship i guess, my design seems to be leaning on the faster side.
??? : pizzas ready, come and get it!
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The light BB mk II is complete, although i'm still learning how ro configure a few blocks to suit the design. I won't be how the mk I and mk 1 because of how ineffective they were.
As you can see the mk II is lighter than the mk2 and also packs less of a punch.
You might ask me, "why are you naming them mk II and mk2? They're the same number?", to that i retort, they're different branches of designs.
The mk II is much more compact compared to the mk2, smaller in general honestly. The mk II also has a better engine layout, making more power for the whole ship, it even has a mk-45 near the bridge.